Through His Glass

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Through His Glass

        “certain type of unusual”
            2rivers from
            misanthrope

It’s more than echoes, distant voices,
street sounds or just the wind passing
a paint chipped sash, smeared lights,
it’s the counter weight – perfectly balanced,
the knifed caulk, carefully cut, the points,
tiny tringulars, pinching the glass, etching
the surface tension, ever so slowly
piercing the liquid like a whisper.

Would this window respond like so many:
a rattle in a breeze, the creaking movement,
tight, forced moans as leaded layers tear
or even the sudden slam of release?
The only noise in silence – the faint hush
of precisely tended wood sliding on wood
and the firm metallic click of the latch
locking the cold and darkness outside.

     
 

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AngelineAngelinealmost 19 years ago
Wow!

This is an excellent piece of writing. I don't think there's a word that isn't adding something to the overall effect of the poem. And such tension! Just a wonderful read and wonderfully artful tribute to the poet who inspired you to write it. Thank you.

A.